Before Night Falls

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discussed in biography

...he began making sculpture, but he made more of an impression by directing the films
Basquiat (1996), about the American painter Jean-Michel Basquiat, and
Before Night Falls (2000), about the Cuban poet and novelist Reinaldo Arenas. In 2007 Schnabel directed
Le Scaphandre et le papillon (
The Diving Bell...

role of Bardem

Although a major star in Spain, Bardem remained relatively unknown to international audiences until 2000, when he starred as Reinaldo Arenas, the subject of the screen biography
Before Night Falls, which was Bardem’s first English-language film. Bardem immersed himself in the role—losing 30 pounds (13.6 kg) and downplaying his rugged good looks to portray Arenas,...